The New York Post has published the winning submissions to its “neologism contest,” in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
6. Negligent (adj.),a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.
7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavoured mouthwash.
9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
Source: http://www.speakingtowin.com/blog/2009/05/2009-winners-of-the-ny-post-ne.html
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Robyn Lang 10.16.09 at 11:29 pm
Hello from California-
I have just completed the first of the two-day North American Forum Institute on the Catechumenate. Brain is on overload and this was the perfect way to close out my day! Pokeman made me laugh out loud. Frisbeetarianism will be a good way to start tomorrow. Thanks!
ronrobjoe 10.20.09 at 4:30 pm
Frisbeetarianism!
How good it is to laugh.
Thank you again Faher Campbell
wong-Won A.K.A Ron Montpetit